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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RUST'IC,
RUST'ICAL, a. [L. rusticus, from rus, the country.]
1. Pertaining to the country; rural; as the rustic gods of antiquity.
2. Rude; unpolished; rough; awkward; as rustic manners or behavior.
3. Coarse; plain; simple; as rustic entertainment; rustic dress.
4. Simple; artless; unadorned.
Rustic work, in a building, is when the stones, etc., in the face of it, are hacked or pecked so as to be rough.
RUST'IC, n. An inhabitant of the country; a clown.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: characteristic of rural life; "countrified clothes"; "rustic awkwardness" [syn: countrified, countryfied, rustic]
2: awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" [syn: bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated]
3: characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic simplicity"; "rustic stone walls" [syn: agrestic, rustic] n
1: an unsophisticated country person

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective also rustical Etymology: Middle English rustik, from Latin rusticus, from rus open land — more at room Date: 15th century 1. of, relating to, or suitable for the country ; rural <rustic rolling farmland> 2. a. made of the rough limbs of trees <rustic furniture> b. finished by rusticating <a rustic joint in masonry> 3. a. characteristic of or resembling country people b. lacking in social graces or polish 4. appropriate to the country (as in plainness or sturdiness) <heavy rustic boots> • rustically adverb • rusticity noun II. noun Date: circa 1550 1. an inhabitant of a rural area 2. a. an awkward coarse person b. an unsophisticated rural person

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. & n. --adj. 1 having the characteristics of or associations with the country or country life. 2 unsophisticated, simple, unrefined. 3 of rude or country workmanship. 4 made of untrimmed branches or rough timber (a rustic bench). 5 (of lettering) freely formed. 6 Archit. with rough-hewn or roughened surface or with sunk joints. 7 archaic rural. --n. a person from or living in the country, esp. a simple unsophisticated one. Derivatives: rustically adv. rusticity n. Etymology: ME f. L rusticus f. rus the country

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rustic Rus"tic, n. 1. An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull; a clown. Hence to your fields, you rustics! hence, away. --Pope. 2. A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners; an artless, unaffected person. [Poetic]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rustic Rus"tic, a. [L. rusticus, fr. rus, ruris, the country: cf. F. rustique. See Rural.] 1. Of or pertaining to the country; rural; as, the rustic gods of antiquity. ``Rustic lays.'' --Milton. And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. --Gray. She had a rustic, woodland air. --Wordsworth. 2. Rude; awkward; rough; unpolished; as, rustic manners. ``A rustic muse.'' --Spenser. 3. Coarse; plain; simple; as, a rustic entertainment; rustic dress. 4. Simple; artless; unadorned; unaffected. --Pope. Rustic moth (Zo["o]l.), any moth belonging to Agrotis and allied genera. Their larv[ae] are called cutworms. See Cutworm. Rustic work. (a) (Arch.) Cut stone facing which has the joints worked with grooves or channels, the face of each block projecting beyond the joint, so that the joints are very conspicuous. (b) (Arch. & Woodwork) Summer houses, or furniture for summer houses, etc., made of rough limbs of trees fancifully arranged. Syn: Rural; rude; unpolished; inelegant; untaught; awkward; rough; coarse; plain; unadorned; simple; artless; honest. See Rural.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You can use rustic to describe things or people that you approve of because they are simple or unsophisticated in a way that is typical of the countryside. ...the rustic charm of a country lifestyle. ADJ: usu ADJ n [approval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. 1. Rural, country. 2. Countrified, unpolished, uncouth, clownish, inelegant, hoiden, hoidenish, rough, awkward, untaught, rude, outlandish, boorish. 3. Simple, plain, coarse, unadorned, homely, countrified. 4. Simple, artless, honest, unsophisticated. II. n. Swain, peasant, clown, boor, hind, countryman.

Foolish Dictionary

Mental dullness. (See RUST)

Moby Thesaurus

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